{"id":545,"date":"2012-07-03T13:15:24","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T13:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/?p=545"},"modified":"2013-04-23T09:38:48","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T09:38:48","slug":"haw-par-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/2012\/haw-par-villa\/","title":{"rendered":"Haw Par Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Haw Par Villa<\/a>\u00a0 is a world apart in cosmopolitan Singapore. This is one of the most bizarre theme park ever, very different from Sentosa (Universal Studio, beach, golf, restaurants \u2026), based on Chinese folklore and mythology.<\/p>\n

\"Entrance<\/a>

Entrance of the park<\/p><\/div>\n

Many legends, mythological stories or illustrations related to Confucianism are represented there as a place to learn traditional Chinese values. The park was created in 1937 by brothers Aw Boon, creators of the famous analgesic ointments ‘Tiger Balm’.<\/p>\n

I do not know much about Chinese mythology, but thanks to this park I can tell you it is imaged, bizarre and disturbing: a crab with a woman head, rats healers, mythical animals, scenes not common in everyday life (an old sucking the breast of a woman) and especially the 10 courts of hell<\/a>, sculptures showing the punishment reserved for bad people.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The crab woman<\/p><\/div>\n

Let’s have a look at the 10 courts of hell:<\/p>\n

\"People<\/a>

People burried alive<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Chamber<\/a>

Chamber of Ice – Children who abuse their parents were sent to be frozen<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Chamber<\/a>

Chamber of Grinding – Misers who give nothing to others are reduced to powder in the chamber<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Mountain<\/a>

Mountain of Knives – Merchants win more than what they deserve by working honestly are doomed to climb a mountain with sharp knives<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Drug<\/a>

Drug addicts and grave robbers are burned on a burning pillar<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Food<\/a>

Food wasters are saw into two pieces<\/p><\/div>\n

Once we got out of hell, the stories represented by the sculptures outside seem much kinder.<\/p>\n

\"Rat<\/a>

Rat Doctors and other animals<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The<\/a>

The tale of madam white snake<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Monkey's<\/a>

Monkey’s god flower fruit kingdom<\/p><\/div>\n

\"A<\/a>

A tale of chivalry<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Tiger-car !<\/p><\/div>\n

I wish you a happy visit. The park is accessible from the station \u2018Haw Par Villa\u2019 on the circle line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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